Economic automatic stripper for steam-laundry purposes.



L. BURGER.

ECONOMIC AUTOMATIC STRIPPER FOR STEAM LAUNDRY PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6. 19w.

1 ,282 ,741 Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

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APPLICATION -F|LED FEB. 6- I9I8.

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ECONOMIC AUTOMATIC STRIPPER FOB STEAM-LAUNDRY PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 29, 1918.

Application filed. February 8, 1918. Serial No. 215,722.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO Borrow, a resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Economic Automatic Strippers for Steam-Laundry Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus used in steam laundries and particularly to types of apparatus known as driers. V

The principal object of the invention is to provide an apparatus comprising achain or the like adapted to move sinuously through heated compartment or drying chamber, means being provided on the traveling element to which the goods, as the articles laundried, may be readily attached.

A further object is to provide means which automatically detach the articles, permitting them to drop and be deposited in a suitable container, the act of detachment being accomplished without damage to the goods. M

A still further object is to provide a dctaching means which acts automatically, so

that when the articles are thoroughly dried they are removed from the traveling chain without manual labor 011 the part of the op erator.

Thes and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view indicating the application of the invention, parts being broken away in order to disclose the interior.

1 Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the drying room suspended by brackets (not shown) is a hollow, substantially rectangular structure 10, the slde walls of which are curved inwardly and upwardly at their lower edge, forming trackways 11, receptive of the trolley wheels 12, arranged in pairs upon a spindle 1 1, having engaged at their center brackets 15, the pendant arms 16 of which are attached at spaced intervals with the links 18 of a chain driven by any convenient means (not shown) both chain and trackway being arranged in the co1nmon manner.

On the lower sides of the chain 18, are arms 20, formed with hubs 21, with which may be engaged various article holding devices, the lower end of the arms being formed with lateral branches 22, in which are secured upturned, hook-shaped wires 23, upon which may be attached the articles of clothing to be dried as the collars indicated.

The entire construction described is of the customary type and it is to be understood that the articles to be disposed upon the chains, by whatever means may be employed, are caused to circulate through the drying room until devoid of moisture and in condition for further finishing processes, such as ironing and the like.

Engaged with the track 10, is a U shaped bracket 25, clamp screws 26, being provided at its upper end, the same being adapted to draw integrally formed flanges 27, tightly against the lower outer side of the track elements 11, so as to clamp the bracket at any desired point therewith.

A pair of longitudinally opposed guides 28, aresecured by the screws 29, in the lower depending elements of the U shaped bracke the same being adapted to guide the arms 20, as they are passed therethrough and prevent them from moving laterally into an undesirable position.

Also intimately formed with the brackets 25, are opposed outstanding flanges or lodges 30, in which are secured by the clamp nuts 31, a pair of pendant rods 32, connected at their lower ends by a bar 33, held in position by nuts 34, so that the rods 32, are held in parallelism.

Slidably engaged upon the rods 32 are sleeves 35, formed with an integral connecting plate 36, its upper surface having secured to it one of the elements 38, of a hinge the other element 39 of which has attached to it a curved fiat apron plate 40, having near its 1 upper edge recesses 41, beyond which extend prongs 42.

This hinged apron plate, which acts as an ejector with relation to the goods disposed upon the chain, is held in a normally erect position by .means of flat springs eat, the same being bent at a right angle and secured below the connecting plate 36, also a stop plate 46 adjustably secured by bolt -17. whereby the apron plate 10 is prevented tron] turning outwardly upon its hinged oint.

In order to hold the plate 36 at a suitable height and yet permit the same to recede when brought incontact with the articles suspended on the chain, there are inter posed between the lower end of the sleeves and the nuts 34, helically coiled compression springs 48, encircling the lower ends of the rods 3:2, thus permitting the plate 36 to be moved down under the impact of the article and be immediately returned to its operative position.

In operation, it is customary to run the chain 18, outward through a suitable opening formed in the partition wall of the drying chamber, so as to permit an operator to attach garments or other articles, which have been laundried and arein a wet condition,-

to the hooks-23, one after another in regular succession, it being understood that the chain moves at a moderate rate of speed.

When the driedarticles are brought out of the drying chamber, suspended. on the hooks, they are caused to engage with the prongs 42 or the apron plate 40,the recesses 41 of which are adjusted to come into intimate relation but avoid contact with the hooksupport 22, in such manner asto detach'thearticles suspended thereon, permitting them to fall into a basket or other suitable container.

It will be understood that due to the resilience of the plate d0, injury to the articles is entirely obviated, the upper contacting edge of the apron plate moving slightly upon receiving the impact of the article, due to the resilience of the springs 44:, while at the same time should an undue stress be laid upon the plate it can move downwardly against the coiled springsdS, thereby assuring that no damage will be done to the goods.

By applying this stripper it releases the strain from the chain I which means more life to the chain and less trouble, it does not break the castings on which it hangs, it strips the collar with ease and does not tear the button holes in the collars, for it has a double action, saving the hooks from breaking and bending and holding the collars on shirts in a firm position.

Havingthus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a drying machine, the combination witha trackway having trolley wheels engaged therewith, a chain suspended by said trolley wheels, pivoted arms formed with said chain at spaced intervals therealong, and hooks carried by said arms adapted to receive articles of clothing,of a bracket secured to said trackway, guides fixed on said bracket through which said arms pass and are prevented from lateral movement, a pair of spaced parallel bars engaged in said bracket,a plate slidably engaged on said bars, spring supports for said plate,an ejector plate hingedly engaged with said slidable plate, means for preventingsaid ejector plate from turning outwardly, meansadapted to normally maintain said ejector plate in position, and means formed on said ejector plate.- adapted to-contact-with articles on said suspending neans'whereby they are disengaged therefrom.

In a drying machine, the. combination with a movable. carrier,- a fixed bracket through which'said.carrier passes, opposed parallel rodssecured in said braeket,aneans at the lower ends of said rodswhereby they are held parallel, a pair of sleeves slidable on said rods, a rigid plate integrallyi'ormed therewith, springs interposed between ;the lower ends of said sleeves and said connecting means, a hinge having one-of its elements mounted onthe upper side of said plate, a curvedejecting plate mounted on the other element of said hinges, a stop plate preventingsaid ejecting plate from moving outwardly, springs adapted to hold said ejecting plate in a normally erect posit1on,and 111f11lS-LlTOT111GCl upon the upper edge of said ejecting pl-ate adapted to make a contact withartieles disposed on said chain whereby they are released therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

LEO BORGER.

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